This set of high-speed descents is compiled by Dave from the University of Leicester. If you know of any others, please let me know! The fastest road in England is also the highest (630m), dropping to around 300m in about two miles. It ... (more)
To see what broadband speed you're getting, go to www.speedtest.net and click "Begin Test" to check your connection's latency (network delay), download and upload speeds. Here are my results from 2011, using the fantastic Zen Internet ... (more)
A Government announcement last week (Thursday 29 September 2011) to consult on raising the UK's motorway speed limit from 70mph to 80mph had various people revving their metaphorical engines. Radio 5 Live coverage included car veteran Quentin ... (more)
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/BanSpeeders/ This petition is against the petition http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/scrapcam. Sounds good to me! Speed cameras are a necessity to deal with the hordes of selfish criminals at loose on the roads today ... (more)
How ironic. As part of their 'Gadget Show Truth' campaign, the Gadget Show on Five ran a piece this evening (20:45, 12 November 2007) on how badly ISP speed ratings seemed to compare to the 8Mbps we may be able to get (in theory at least). ... (more)
November 2012 ISP rankings for UK and Ireland and UK ISP Speed Index Results Graph. The ISP Speed Index From Netflix. (more)
It's not just download speeds that are increasing... it's now possible to get over 800kbps upload speeds! For most people (just doing web browsing and simple email) this wouldn't be noticeable, but if you're on a VPN or doing filesharing then ... (more)
Apparently the justification for installation of a speed camera will not have to be dependent on death/serious injury having taken place. Councils will be allowed to position them based on safety concerns. A spokesperson from BRAKE spoke ... (more)
ITV's Alastair Stewart on Police, Camera, Action! reports that the Government is considering reducing the default speeds on rural roads. Instead of 60MPH (the 'National Speed Limit'), 50MPH will become the maximum, 30MPH in villages and 20MPH ... (more)
When we moved to North Walsham, the road we live on was technically de-restricted (ie, National Speed Limit). The road starts out at 30mph and is as quite wide and straight. For a hundred or so yards before it gets to us it's a single-width ... (more)
The Truly Comparative ADSL Guide The best broadband providers are hard to find, as everyone offers a vague 'up to x Mbits service'. Fortunately, thinkbroadband.com gives us the ability to rate our ISP according to speed, reliability and ... (more)